Climate and resilience advisory
We work with clients to understand climate risk (physical, transition, liability), and build adaptive capacity that underpins resilience and opportunities to create value.
Climate and natural disaster risk assessment
NCC has extensive climate and disaster risk assessment experience. We have delivered climate risk assessments for multiple LGAs and water utilities, and our experience spans all risk types, including heat, drought, fire, flood, sea level rise and storms. We take a participatory approach in presenting plausible climate futures to clients to collaboratively determine risk based on the hazard, vulnerability and exposure of natural and built assets, the provision of services, and community health and values.
Climate adaptation planning and governance
Our core offering is our ability to consolidate technical information across physical and social sciences to develop robust policy, strategy and decision-making advice and recommendations to address climate risks and advance resilience for assets and communities. We work with organisations to assess their capacity, capability and governance processes and how the organisation could be positioned to take more proactive climate action, identify relevant climate hazards and develop adaptation responses to address the potential impact of these hazards.
Transition strategies
We understand the financial, societal and reputational risks, such as energy reliability, perceived greenwashing, stranded assets and supply chain constraints, associated with the transition to a net zero future for governmments and organisations. With our broad experience across technical, economic, financial and social science fields, we help clients to navigate and understand these risks while playing their part in climate mitigation and decarbonisation.
Climate-related risk disclosure
Alluvium is keeping pace with the emerging mandatory requirement for organisations to report on their climate-related risk. We bring a deep understanding of business sustainability and the development of net zero and decarbonisation pathways from the perspective of the executive and board. We apply our governance, finance, technical and stakeholder experience to work with clients to prepare for a net zero and mandatory risk-disclosure future.
Industry leadership
Our industry leaders are known for their deep expertise and knowledge in their field. They bring a thorough understanding of industry trends, technologies and best practices.
Jamie Ewert
Jamie is an educator and environmental scientist specialising in climate adaptation. He is particularly focused on systems approaches that integrate nature-based solutions, social resilience and the diversification of infrastructure In response to climate change.<br>Recognised as an effective boundary spanner, Jamie leverages his understanding of different technical disciplines with expertise in design thinking, economics, engagement and strategy to identify opportunities for transformative change.<br><br>He has extensive national and international experience in research (as a knowledge broker), policy, planning and implementation of measures for circular economies, drought resilience, flood resilience and managing urban heat. He is also skilled at managing large, complex projects and is known for his collaborative approach.<br><br>Prior to joining NCC, Jamie was a Principal Consultant at Alluvium Consulting and an Executive at the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, based at Monash University. He also has extensive experience in the water sector, having worked for many years at Melbourne Water Corporation and Southern Rural Water, and in environmental policy at the NSW Environment Protection Authority. He maintains close links with research and has presented key note and other presentations at multiple international conferences.
Dr Sasha Courville
Dr. Sasha Courville is a strategy and sustainability leader with over twenty years’ experience in embedding climate and nature into corporate strategies. She led the development and implementation of Bank Australia’s climate strategy with a net zero by 2035 target, was accountable for climate risk and led nature and biodiversity and First Nations recognition and respect strategies at Bank Australia. At NAB, Sasha led the development of its natural capital strategy with NAB Agribusiness, demonstrating that improved management of biodiversity and ecosystem services reduced risk and improved long-term profitability. She also led work to define net zero pathways and targets for key sectors aligned with the Net Zero Banking Alliance. She is a strong advocate for the role that agriculture can play in the transition to a net zero nature-positive economy and was previously a Commissioner for International Agricultural Research, supporting ACIAR’s executive team in integrating change climate mitigation and adaptation as well as women’s economic empowerment as cross-cutting issues in its 10-year strategy.<br><br>Sasha has significant expertise in driving sustainability considerations into global value chains, having served as Executive Director of the London-based ISEAL Alliance, the global association for sustainability standards systems, defining best practice guidelines on standard-setting, audit and assurance and impact measurement. Sasha is currently the Chair of the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative, leveraging multi-stakeholder processes to define what good looks like on climate, nature, circularity and human rights for the global aluminium value chain.<br><br>Sasha is passionate about building the capability of senior leaders and board members to understand and manage risks associated with climate change and nature loss, and to identify commercial opportunities that drive long-term value creation.
Tim Fisher
General Manager – Natural Capital & Climate
Tim is an experienced water, conservation, and natural resource management professional with over three decades of expertise. He joined Alluvium in 2020 and brings a wealth of knowledge in water policy and program management. Prior to joining Alluvium, Tim held various influential roles, including Assistant Secretary in the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, where he contributed to the development of the Future Drought Fund, the National Landcare Program, and emergency assistance for farmers affected by natural disasters. He also led the Murray-Darling Basin Policy branch, playing a key role in the Basin Plan's development and implementation. <br><br>Tim’s career includes significant contributions to Australian water policy, such as serving as Senior Adviser to the Minister for Climate Change and Water during the Rudd-Gillard government, where he helped secure key agreements and reforms in the Murray-Darling Basin. His earlier roles involved consulting and leadership positions at the EPA Victoria and the Australian Conservation Foundation. Tim was recognized with the Centennial Medal in 2001 for his service in water conservation and salinity management.
Projects in Climate and Resilience Advisory
Cascading Climate Risks and Critical Infrastructure Failure
Climate Resilience through Integrated Catchment Management and Ecosystem Based Adaptation in Lao PDR
Economic valuation of ecosystem Valuation for Ayeyarwady River Basin, Myanmar
Urban Heat Resilience: Bridging Science, Policy, and Sustainable Design
Climate risk advisory for hydropower assets in northern India
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More Natural Capital and Climate capabilities
Business case development
We work with our clients to ensure decisions are backed by robust evidence and demonstrate value for money.
Economic valuation of impacts and benefits
Our team are experts in applying both market and non-market valuation techniques across a range of study contexts.
Natural capital economics
We are experts in applying best practice frameworks to understand ecosystem services of natural capital and informing strategies to remediate, manage and improve natural capital.
Policy and governance
We are a national leader in the provision of policy, governance, planning and evaluation advice across Australia's land and water resources.